Politics

President Bola Tinubu defended the sweeping economic reforms undertaken since taking office, and asserted that the painful sacrifices Nigerians endured over the past three years have saved the country from economic disaster and laid the foundation for national recovery. In a message issued on Friday to mark the third anniversary of his term in office, the President acknowledged the difficulties …

Post views: 28 The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Imo State Chapter has thrown its full support behind the upcoming “UCL Final Watch With Puyaka & Friends” scheduled for Saturday, May 30, 2026 at the Maximaobi International Hotel, Spibat Road, next to the Rochas Foundation Roundabout, Umuodu Mbieri, Owerri. The event, organized by SWAN Imo Chapter President, Cosmos …

The Committee for Defense of Human Rights (CDHR) has issued a sweeping mobilization directive to its branches and affiliated structures in the South West, calling for full participation in a planned mass protest against the continued captivity of abducted school children, pupils and teachers in Oyo State. The rights group condemned what it described as the “prolonged and unacceptable” detention …

Senior Advocates of Nigeria and former Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission have expressed divergent opinions over whether aspirants who lost party primaries can defect to another political party and still contest elections under the Electoral Act 2026. The differing opinions followed recent judgments of the Federal High Court on the interpretation of provisions relating to party …

By Victor Osula, Abuja The Nigerian Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDCP) has placed Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Rivers, Kano and several other states on high Ebola preparedness alert following fears that the deadly Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus disease (EVD) could spread to Nigeria amid escalating outbreaks in East and Central Africa. In a nationwide public …

A candidate for the Abia Central senatorial ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Sam Onuigbo, has urged those sponsoring media attacks against him to come clean about their role in the bizarre allocation of votes during the party’s May 18 senatorial primaries. He noted that the sting of truth stunned the architects of the run-off election that took …

A coalition of registered voters in the South East has launched a group called the “Village Boys Movement” (VBM), to mobilize one million new voters in rural communities for the Peter Obi/Rabiu Kwankwaso presidential ticket, ahead of 2027. Chief Maxi Ukwu, National Chairman of the Coalition and South-East Village Boys for Obi/Kwankwaso (OK), disclosed this during a stakeholders meeting in …

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will hold a “Special National Convention” to ratify former President Goodluck Jonathan as the presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections. The program is being held on Saturday at the ‘A’ Class Event Centre, Kassim Ibrahim Way, Wuse 2, Abuja, starting at 10 am. The faction’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, and …

Post views: 18 In a significant show of support and collaboration, Her Excellency Prof. Viola Onwuliri, two-time Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, together with Prof. Eddie Oparaoji, Chairman of the Mbaise Policy Roundtable (MPR), and the Hon. Chris Uche Agomuo, paid a solidarity visit to the incoming Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), …

Former Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Victor Ochei, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC). The development ended nearly a decade of Ochei’s membership in the ruling party. The former chairman announced his resignation from the APC in a letter addressed to the chairman of the party in Ward 4, Onicha Olona, ​​in Aniocha Local …